notified by IRS refund reduced to zero because of errors in filing regarding dependent information...I have filed with you for years, follow your format, HAVE NO DEPENDENTS.......can you please check this for me??
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No one can check it for you. TurboTax does not get any information after you file your tax return. It sounds like you received the generic message given to people that lists several possible reasons for a reduction in your refund. The most common reason this year for reduced refunds is mistakes with the recovery rebate credit or the child tax credit. Since you have no children, the most likely culprit is the recovery rebate credit that was on line 30 of your tax return.
LOTS of people have made mistakes this year with the recovery rebate credit by "forgetting" that they received the $1400 per person stimulus checks last year. They answered no to the questions for the recovery recovery rebate credit and put the $1400 per person on line 30 of their returns. But you cannot get it twice, so the IRS removes it when it is there by mistake.
Try checking your online account with the IRS
https://www.irs.gov/payments/your-online-account
Does the IRS show that you received a $1400 stimulus or EIP check in 2021? Did you receive it? When you were asked on your tax return did you say no? Was there $1400 on line 30 of your tax return?
If the IRS says you got $1400 last year but you did not receive it you can have it traced.
LOST THIRD STIMULUS CHECK
If you need to trace a payment that the IRS says has been issued to you, mail or fax a completed IRS Form 3911, Taxpayer Statement Regarding Refund.
The reference to Dependents on the IRS letter is probably just one item on a generic list of possible reasons. Or, is the IRS saying that you qualified as someone else's dependent?
one clue to the error is what is the EXACT difference between the refund you were expected and what you now owe?
did it truly go from $800 refund to a zero?
what is on Lines 28 and 30 of form 1040?
while you state you have no dependents, did you check the box stating you could be claimed by someone else?
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